Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,686
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$4,384
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,529
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$29,070
Kept after tax
$24,686
Worth in national money
$25,529
State rank
37
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for baggage porters and bellhops is on the low side in Georgia. The middle earner gets $29,070. That is 37 of 48 states, and about 21.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Georgia publishes, baggage porters and bellhops lands at 475. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $29,070 you keep $24,686 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $25,529 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $30,560, since top earners drag the number up.
- For baggage porters and bellhops, Georgia sits in the lower band at $29,070, ranking 37 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 21.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Georgia, this work ranks 475 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $24,686 after the full tax stack, from $29,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $25,529 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $30,560 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,730 |
| This salary | $29,070 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Georgia | $24,686 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,538 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$752 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $28,022 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$901 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of baggage porters and bellhops in Georgia earn under $29,070 and half over. The published range runs $20,540 at the tenth percentile to $38,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $24,686 take-home in Georgia comes from $29,070. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 475 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $25,529 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 475.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $20,540 to $38,730; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $24,686, from $29,070, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 475 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $25,529, worked from $29,070, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 475 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $30,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $20,540 and the top tenth $38,730, so most people doing this work in Georgia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $25,529 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Georgia then takes its own share, leaving $24,686.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $30,560. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($20,540 to $38,730) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Georgia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $25,529 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $24,686 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.